Yesterday, I stayed home almost whole day, and read the original play 'Bure Baruta' by Dejan Dukovski, then I read the screenplay for the movie, then I read the dialogue list from the completed movie and at the end I watched the movie (for the first time).
I was impressed by the play, slightly less by the screenplay, then slightly less by the dialogue list and then, slightly disappointed by the movie. I don't know what would I think of the movie if I haven't read the play prior to watching it.
The way I see it, all this play/movie is about is anger and despair. The play is even far more surrealistic with more killings that come out of nowhere, with more violence that comes out of nowhere with basically no character with a clear mind. Everyone is mad, but that madness comes from nowhere else but the tonnes of anger buried in their souls.
And that's what this movie is about, madness as a result of anger.
I just find the movie not so surrealistic, and therefore losing the power of the original text.
Now, few words on other users' comments.
I just can't agree with the users saying that this is about the Serbs, or about the Serbs at that very moment in their history, about the guilt or something else.
I also find it very shallow to think that the movies coming from Serbia should portrait the Serbs the way they are. Movies, as any other form of art are there to show some thoughts, some emotions which the author needs to express. Should we say that 'Clockwork Orange' is a bad movie for portraying Brits in such a way? Or should we think of all Americans as the Dumb and the Dumber?
What was happening in Serbia and most of former Yugoslavia is just a good setting for a story about the anger.
We're not really that mad.
I was impressed by the play, slightly less by the screenplay, then slightly less by the dialogue list and then, slightly disappointed by the movie. I don't know what would I think of the movie if I haven't read the play prior to watching it.
The way I see it, all this play/movie is about is anger and despair. The play is even far more surrealistic with more killings that come out of nowhere, with more violence that comes out of nowhere with basically no character with a clear mind. Everyone is mad, but that madness comes from nowhere else but the tonnes of anger buried in their souls.
And that's what this movie is about, madness as a result of anger.
I just find the movie not so surrealistic, and therefore losing the power of the original text.
Now, few words on other users' comments.
I just can't agree with the users saying that this is about the Serbs, or about the Serbs at that very moment in their history, about the guilt or something else.
I also find it very shallow to think that the movies coming from Serbia should portrait the Serbs the way they are. Movies, as any other form of art are there to show some thoughts, some emotions which the author needs to express. Should we say that 'Clockwork Orange' is a bad movie for portraying Brits in such a way? Or should we think of all Americans as the Dumb and the Dumber?
What was happening in Serbia and most of former Yugoslavia is just a good setting for a story about the anger.
We're not really that mad.